On Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:44:30 -0700 Paul Chefurka
(Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com) wrote:
> I have the exact same problem with Supra 400 - red and green speckles in
> the shadows. Like you, I can't get them to disappear without blowing
> away a lot of shadow detail. I don't know if a drum scan would solve
> this or not - I've seen the same problem on both my SS4000 and my new
> LS-4000, so I have my doubts.
This is likely to be grain aliasing. Where exposure is slight, there aren't
many dye clouds (grains), and if they are of a size to alias individual
pixels or small groups, false colour is the outcome.
Regards
Tony Sleep
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